Edenkoben

Edenkoben is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It lies approximately halfway between Landau and Neustadt an der Weinstraße. Edenkoben is one of the towns situated along the German Wine Route. Edenkoben is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Edenkoben.

History

This part of the Rhineland passed to Bavaria at 1815 following the Congress of Vienna which reallocated many of the territories that had comprised Napoleon's empire. Like several towns in the area, Edenkoben has both a Roman Catholic and a Protestant church (recalling King Maximillian's marriage to a Protestant princess).

Edenkoben's status as an administrative and cultural centre for the surrounding villages is reflected in the presence of several high-grade schools. The little town also has a considerable cultivation and trade in wine. Outside the primary (agricultural) sector, industries include the manufacture of automotive exhaust systems and of doors. In former times there was a sulphur-spring here called Kurbrunnen.

Edenkoben (Verbandsgemeinde)

Edenkoben is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the municipality is in Edenkoben.

History

The Verbandsgemeinde was founded in 1972. It belonged to the Regierungsbezirk Rheinhessen-Pfalz, before its dissolution in 2000. It was expanded with the municipalities of the Verbandsgemeinde Maikammer in July 2014, but this merger was reverted by the constitutional court of Rhineland-Palatinate in June 2015.

Local municipalities

The Verbandsgemeinde Edenkoben consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):

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Coordinates: 49°17′N 8°07′E / 49.29°N 8.12°E / 49.29; 8.12